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1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-372) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. THIRTEENTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURIES; II. FOURTEENTH TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES; Epilogue; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
"In September, 1219, as the armies of the Fifth Crusade besieged the Egyptian city of Damietta, Francis of Assisi went to Egypt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil. Although we in fact know very little about this event, this has not prevented artists and writers from the thirteenth century to the twentieth, unencumbered by mere facts, from portraying Francis alternatively as a new apostle preaching to the infidels, a scholastic theologian proving the truth of Christianity, a champion of the crusading ideal, a naive and quixotic wanderer, a crazed religious fanatic, or a medieval Gandhi preaching peace, love, and understanding. Al-Kamil, on the other hand, is variously presented as an enlightened pagan monarch hungry for evangelical teaching, a cruel oriental despot, or a worldly libertine." "Saint Francis and the Sultan takes a detailed look at these richly varied artistic responses to this brief but highly symbolic meeting. Throwing into relief the changing fears and hopes that Muslim-Christian encounters have inspired in European artists and writers in the centuries since, it gives a uniquely broad but precise vision of the evolution of Western attitudes towards Islam and the Arab world over the last eight hundred years."--Jacket. |
| Awards |
Académie Française, Prix Diane Potier-Boès, 2008. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
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Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226. |
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Malik al-Kāmil Muḥammad, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1180?-1238.
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Malik al-Kāmil Muḥammad, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1180?-1238. |
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Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 -- Art.
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Malik al-Kamil Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1180?-1238. |
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Missions to Muslims -- Egypt -- Historiography.
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Missions to Muslims. |
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Egypt. |
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Historiography. |
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Christian hagiography.
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Christian hagiography. |
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Christian art and symbolism.
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Christian art and symbolism. |
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Electronic books.
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Art.
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Art.
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Print version: Tolan, John Victor, 1959- Saint Francis and the sultan. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780199239726 (DLC) 2008053082 (OCoLC)291453897 |
| ISBN |
9780191567490 (electronic book) |
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0191567493 (electronic book) |
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9780199239726 (print) |
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019923972X (print) |
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9786612235030 |
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